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You can't be running trains at 200 mph in densely populated areas anyway.
If you want trains then make them private so only you people who ride them pay the bill.
Look at Russia, India and ChinaNo we don't.
All those other countries are barely the size of one state in the US. It's far easier to fly between states than it is to take a train.
Not sure if you drive around the country much, but there is a fuck ton of open space in this country, far more than in most EU countries and way more than in Japan. Yet they some how managed to do it.
Why do you not demand this from the airlines? While they are "private" they get subsidies and tax breaks from almost every level of government. If it was not for those most people would never be able to afford to fly.
They don't have trains covering the entirety of their countries. AND they basically have slave labor and people can't refuse anything their governments want.Look at Russia, India and China
Yeah, it really is. How is it that these places are competent enough to do it but the US is not...Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey.
It would not need to be so. They have added a high speed section to the line between St Louis and Chicago. Now, it is sort of a joke as it only goes 110 and only for like 1/8 of the trip, but they are getting there. There are 5 trains a day between the two cites and most all are sold out before they leave. It is now quicker than driving and only slightly slower than flying once you add in the 2 hours you need to be at the airport before your flight.
Is it can't or there's no actual demand signal for it so we dont?
They don't have trains covering the entirety of their countries. AND they basically have slave labor and people can't refuse anything their governments want.
And really if people really wanted cross country high speed trains we would have them. But most people realize that the fucking government is utterly incapable of building the infrastructure without graft, corruption union pay offs and utterly shoddy workmanship all for only 4 or 5 times the estimated budget and will take at least 3 times as long as estimated.
Just look at what a clusterfuck the Big Dig was.
So, only the US lacks the capability to build High Speed Rail
Used to be, we led the world in modern technology. Today, our rail system has 1950s technology.
Blame our embracing Supply Side economics
So, only the US lacks the capability to build High Speed Rail
Used to be, we led the world in modern technology. Today, our rail system has 1950s technology.
Blame our embracing Supply Side economics
Sad state of affairs….We don't lack the capability we lack the fucking competence to build anything on time and within budgets.
The Big Dig is the perfect example.
Union bosses paid off people getting huge paychecks even though they did no actual work 700% overbudget and the workmanship was so shoddy that a woman got killed when a concrete panel crushed her car
This is how all federal projects work
Last week, the Federal Rail Authority completed its environmental review for a portion of the project and found “no significant impact” along one of the critical sections of the proposed track.
And thus, the reason we will not see high-speed rail compete with air and car travel as the primary means of travel in the US.The high-speed rail project is estimated to cost at least $12 billion and will connect the Las Vegas strip to Rancho Cucamonga, with stops along the way in Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville.
Trains will take off every hour at high speeds, carrying passengers along the 215-plus mile stretch.
Yup this is your government at waste.Sad state of affairs….
The country that managed to land on the moon is incapable of a modern rail system
As a country we lack any vision for the future, we do not make plans and spend money for results in 20 or 30 years like we once did.
Politically we just cannot any longer as the next Admin will undo what the last one did even if it was a good thing.
Business are judged by their latest quarterly report which makes long range planning and spending for the future almost non-existent.
Not wanting one is different than not capable.Sad state of affairs….
The country that managed to land on the moon is incapable of a modern rail system
and apparently dont have a secure voting system either....Sad state of affairs….
The country that managed to land on the moon is incapable of a modern rail system
and apparently dont have a secure voting system either....
how many counts did they have?....2020 was the most accurate vote in history
how many counts did they have?....
